The Light in the Piazza Extends through September at Lincoln Center

News By Broadway.com Staff April 29, 2005 - 5:26PM

Lincoln Center Theater is extending its production of The Light in the Piazza. The musical, originally expected to end its limited engagement on June 12, is now scheduled to run through September 4 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, according to a box office representative.

The Light in the Piazza, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the summer of 1953 and tells the story of a mother and daughter traveling through Italy, the daughter's romance with a handsome, high-spirited Florentine and the mother's determined efforts to keep the two apart. The musical features a book by Craig Lucas and a score by Adam Guettel.

The Lincoln Center production of The Light in the Piazza--which stars Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Michael Berresse, Sarah Uriarte Berry and Mark Harelik--opened to mixed reviews on April 19. In his Broadway.com Review of the tuner, Eric Grode wrote: "The Light in the Piazza is incredibly lucky to have found Victoria Clark. Her shrewd, poignant portrayal, imbuing Margaret's hesitant emotional growth and deep-rooted pragmatism with a lush singing voice, is by far the highlight of Guettel and Lucas' affecting, occasionally overreaching adaptation of the Elizabeth Spencer novel. Luckily, Clark gets enough help from her talented supporting cast, Bartlett Sher's crystalline direction and an exquisite physical production to vault Piazza over its dramaturgical gaps."

The musical has been doing very well in terms of award nominations so far. It received more Outer Critics Circle nods than any other show with 11, and it also has netted 11 Drama Desk Award nominations.

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